Early Life
Williams attended Karamu High School and, at the age of 17, joined the New Zealand Labour Party. He attended Victoria University, where he joined the marches against apartheid, nuclear weapons and the Vietnam war. He obtained an Master of Arts in New Zealand History from the University of Auckland. It was here that he first met future Prime Minister Helen Clark, where they were both members of the Princes Street Branch of the Labour Party.
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